North Carolina § 29-1 - Short title.

§ 29-1. Short title.

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Intestate Succession Act. History (1959, c. 879, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1959, c. 879, s. 1 inserted this present Chapter numbered 29 and entitled "Intestate Succession" to replace former Chapter 29 entitled "Descents." By the same act G.S. 28-149, with regard to order of distribution, was repealed and other related statutory provisions were repealed or amended to conform with the new Intestate Succession Law. Section 15 of the 1959 act provides: "This act shall become effective July 1, 1960, and shall be applicable only to estates of persons dying on or after July 1, 1960." Some of the cases cited in the notes to the sections of this Chapter construe similar provisions of the former Chapter. Section 4.1 of Session Laws 1963, c. 1209, provides that from and after the certification of the constitutional amendment to G.S. 6 of Art. X (see now N.C. Const. Art. X, G.S. 4) which was proposed by c. 1209, wherever the word "spouse" appears in the General Statutes with reference to testate or intestate successions, it shall apply alike to both husband and wife. The approval of the amendment by vote of the people was certified by the Governor on February 6, 1964. Legal Periodicals. - For article, "North Carolina's New Intestate Succession Act," see 39 N.C.L. Rev. 1 (1960). For comment on 1959 changes in intestate succession statutes, see 40 N.C.L. Rev. 297 (1962). For note, "Does North Carolina Law Adequately Protect Surviving Spouses?," see 48 N.C.L. Rev. 361 (1970). For note discussing the limitation on collateral inheritance in North Carolina, see 14 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1085 (1978). For survey of 1979 tax law, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 1548 (1980). For article on installment land contracts in North Carolina, see 3 Campbell L. Rev. 29 (1981). For article, "Requiem for the Rule in Shelley's Case," see 67 N.C.L. Rev. 681 (1989). For comment, "In re Estate of Lunsford and Statutory Ambiguity: Trying to Reconcile Child Abandonment and the Intestate Succession Act," 81 N.C.L. Rev. 1149 (2003).